Peytoven
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So for the past two years, my 4-door JK has been a two seater. As an overland built jeep that I spend at least two months a year living out of, doing this made sense. As Jeep owners, we are cursed with an incredibly poor payload. Weight is always a concern of mine and I am always trying to cut down so for me It is much more comfortable to have myself, a co-pilot, and our gear
In the past two years, I have rebuilt the interior four separate times spending time with each build and learning so I could fix my mistakes. After two years I feel I have nailed down the perfect design for my needs. When I started this project I had never built anything out of wood before.
Gen 1: The first one was a complete mess but it retained one strong characteristic: It was simple. It failed however because it was very poorly built, poorly designed, and stupid heavy.
Gen 2: My building got a little bit better for this one. But it turned into an over engineered mess. It was looked better than the first but its downfall was its complication. Everything was too specific and not modular enough. My kit and the things I bring with me change often and this did not accept change.
Gen 3: This sucked so hard, I am ashamed, and I don't want to talk about it. I had no idea what I was thinking.
Gen 4: So when I built this last and current one I finally put my foot down and told myself I wanted something I was proud of. The three main project goals I had for this were as follows: I wanted something pretty to look at, I wanted something functional, and I wanted something simple.
The big debate I had for this was to go with drawers or no drawers. I was constantly going back and forth and settled on no drawers for several reasons. I do not carry enough small items to justify them, they are heavy, they take up a lot of space, and they are not modular. The only equipment I keep in the jeep is tools and recovery gear. Everything else lives in separate bins and I can easily store them in the back of an open platform. The flat platform is simple and effective. I can carry I wide variety of things depending on what I am doing. I do Not keep a ton of stuff in the jeep so I can store things in various, low key cubbies.
I started by building the two panels that will attach it to the jeep using bolts from the back seats.
It has been fielded a couple of times and everything is exactly what I wanted! Thanks for checking this out, Ill get pictures of it loaded up from my next trip
Anyway, thanks again for the laugh! P.S. I bet you didn't put one bit of this on paper before you built it did you? I bet it was mostly in your head, and you designed as you built. Am I correct? I appreciate that approach. That's how I do things.
